Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-20
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WAsHINaT N. snsus l5-The bId of the U lon Iron Work. of san Francis so fbi th,- ...nti ac. O. one Of the new c uisers Was the suhjeri of correspond euce betSsen Secretary WSItBey and the President. The bid of Camp S Sons tor cruisers oF vas Sl4lO.OOO; that of the Union IToR Wo5ks WAS for !. .42S.- OO. The secretary left IL to th5 Presi- dent to decide whether the bid Of the Union Iron Works is fair price the work. Ia reply to the letter of SecTe- tary Whitney the president made the fo.lowing reply:
 EXECUTIVE MANSION,
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 1887.
 Under the provisions authorizing the construction of ships requires that o5e of said ships should be built on the coast of the Pacific Ocean or waters connected herewith, unless the same cannot be there contracted at flair cost; and the bid of the Union Iron Works of San Francisco being within the said S1 800 900 of the lowest bid for ships to be constructed which the sum of Sl, S00,0O not nore than covers the differ ence agslrst the Pacific coast of the cost of the transportstion of material, and the bid of said company not appear ing to be in excess of fair cost of said ship, do hereby pursuant to said stat ute and in accord lnce with the manifest intention of congress in the premises. authorizes snd direct that the contract for the construction of the ship named {. \. er al rN "a navy department, to be given tO the Union Iron Works of San Francisco.
 Signed: GROVER CLEVELAND.
 SAN FRAScIsco, August l5-United States Circuit Judge Sawyer issued sn order this morning citing Senator stan ford to appear Wednesday morning and show cause why he should not be com pelled to answer certain questions Ofthe Pacific railroad commission in regard to the expenditure of funds for the per pose of influencing legislation. At a meeting of the commission to-day the counsel fer the Central Pacific informed the commissioners that they had not been able to present their side of the question. owing to the demorslised con d.tIon of sccCunts aud papers, but they could file accounts and papers before October, as the commission would con- clude the investigation ID New York. The commission refused. G. F. Smith who appeared in behalf of Mrs. ColtOn to produce correspondence between her late husband. D. D. COlton, and O. P. Huntington as printed. Certain names were omitted but they were otherwise complete, and the commission desired C. oh laeN k.aG aaHN - denced. The counsel were informed that the railroad company would be given ample time to insure a writ of in- | junction preventing the presentation oi letters If SO desired. J. c. Stubbs, gen e'al traffic manRser, WAS examined Rt great length m gard to rebates aud 0yer-chsrges During the course Of pro- esediUgs Cohen, counsel for the rsli- road, demanded that the chairman pro- duce all papers and communications he had r-ceIvai. and s's'ed that the com Dsny woul sppt al to the United States court if he refused. Chairman Psttisou aid: II cine to produce them and 1 -onsider your refusal ss the highest i'm oer,iDence, ard shall not entertain 1t. I don't want such correspOndepce. I hand 1t over to the secretary
 WASHINGTON, August l5-An official of the navy 0ei srtmeGt Is reported tO- day ss saying: There srs only four teen wsr ships in the worli winch could not enter the harbor of New York at high water. NIne of these are Italian and four French Only one, the sultan, is British. Three BritIsh monitors DOW building, Bedbow, Camperdown and Anson. armed with l1O-,on guns, could slide into the bay of New York with i've inches to spare under their keels The people on the Pacific coast are peculiar ly open to attack. Any vsr ship ir the world could enter the port of Santa Barbara, Monterey, Ssnts Cruz. San Francesca, Trinidad or Mendocino, as well Rs Puget Sound harbors."
 SAN FRANCISCO. August l5-At a meeting of the bar association here to- day committee was appointed to pre- ps-e a suitable memorial on the death of A. A. Sargent, snd also Co consult V th the family of the dece sssd as to what arrangements could be mEde for the participation of the bar in the funer- al.
 MEXICO, Mo, August l5.-Ann Brsste- AGAf NoA@ANas ANAN LNA ANb AhN years and eighteen months old in aD eight by ten room closely shut Up yes terday while she went to a nsighbOr's house to spend the day. At night when the room was opened 8 horrible sight presented itseli The older chiid was almost suffocste6 and the younger was n the throes Of death and portion o! the flesh from her breast and stomach bad been eaten way by the older child who WAS almost starved. The mother IS under arrest. as the young child will die.
 PHILADELPHIA, August l5-A state meBt Is made that Emil SchoeBberg. known as Silver King and supposed to have been a partner O; John I. Betz's brewery, IS forRer tO a large amount. Betz claims Schoenberg was never sssO- ciated with hIm, buI later purchased stock m the GermGnis brewery. borrow ing money from banks to pay for the same and forging Beiz name to paper which he gave Bs security. IL trans pires there are several more victims and that Schoenberg's indebtedness will amount to about S200,0O0, while sssets so far as known are about half that amount.
 WAsHISeroS. August l5.-The Sec TeisrT of the Interior today revoked the order of withdrawal of indemnity lands for the benefit of the Atlantic ls Pacific railroad company, aud m q letter 10 ihe commissioner general of ;he land flee. directs they my be restored to settle ment under the pre-emptIon and home stead laws
 ALBUQUERQUE. August l5.-From Pe- dro A SlUp-~r. general mansRer and -uperint. oeni of The RiJ Grsnde Irri- gstlon anu c inn'Zl l'iOu cOmpsDy, who is ID tue oItS. It I- armed that be con- psnv bHve completed arrBDgements and will commence as once tU buIid large irrigation ditch on the west side Of ;he Rio Grand-. The water will be taken from the TIvsr st or near ths San FelIce Iodisn village. thIrty miles aboy- here. and will run do%n the valley sud slong the foothills t0 point near Ssu Antonio. about eighty miles below this city, where the water will again be tuin- ed into the Rio Grande. i survey shows that this ditch when completed will irri- gate l.UOO.OO0 acres of rich valley land. The cost of the work, including 8 nun Der of reservoirs along the line will be about s1,0O0,OO0.